El Dorado’s Chateau Davell is more than a family-owned boutique winery. ... The first wine Chateau Davell winemaker Eric Hays made under his own El Dorado label was a 2003 Syrah.

His first album, “El Dorado,” is out Friday via the Records label, a joint venture with Sony Music, and its partner Columbia, and it represents one of the first major trial balloons for the ...